Planting methods and matters needing attention of Carnation

Colorful carnation is a very beautiful flower plant, also known as American carnation, bract carnation and so on. It is one of the famous traditional flowers in China. Although colorful carnation belongs to the family Caryophyllaceae, it can blossom. So how to plant such a beautiful colorful carnation? Next, let's learn about it with the editor.

How to grow colorful carnation

1. Soil: Carnation requires fertile, loose, well-drained loam or sandy loam, which contains calcareous loam or sandy loam. It can be mixed with 6 parts of garden soil, 2 parts of compost and 2 parts of sandy soil.

2. Watering: it is appropriate for carnation to keep the basin soil moist during its growth and development, such as watering too much and rotting roots.

3. Sunshine: the growing period of carnation requires sufficient light, placed in places with sufficient sunshine, and it is appropriate to scatter light in summer to avoid exposure to the hot sun. When the temperature is high, it should be shaded and cooled down.

4. Temperature: the suitable temperature for the growth of carnation is 15-20 ℃. In winter, the temperature should be kept above 12 ℃ in the greenhouse.

Planting methods and matters needing attention of Carnation

1. Carnation is commonly planted by cutting. Insert cuttings into flowerpots, breeding plates or mixed cuttings to keep them moist.

2. under normal circumstances, it takes root within three weeks, and the coconut shell fiber grows best in the mixed culture soil. After the cuttings take root, tip the main buds to promote new buds. Morning is the best time to hit the top.

3. Colorful carnation likes the soil with good light and good drainage. Clay can be mixed with coarse sand or by opening high beds to create a suitable environment for them to grow. Squeeze a handful of sand in your hand, the louder the squeak, the better the soil will be.

4. Regular pruning of flower branches can promote new flowers, but it is not enough to cut off failed flower heads. The whole flower branch should be cut off so that flowers can tiller from their roots.

5. During the growing season, the colorful carnation should dilute the phosphate-rich tomatoes with water every two weeks.

6. If you want colorful carnation flowers to flourish, you should cut them short in early September to form dense flower stumps.

7. Precautions: the demand for water of colorful carnation does not match. In spring and autumn, the weather is relatively dry and can be watered more appropriately, while in summer, the weather is hot and the water evaporates quickly, so it needs to be watered frequently. However, due to too much Rain Water in the Meiyu season, we still need to pay attention to timely drainage and loosening the soil. In addition, it is very cold in winter. In order to avoid frost damage, we must water less.

Sowing time of Dianthus multicolor

Some flower friends want to raise colorful carnation by themselves, but they don't know when to sow it. In fact, the sowing time of colorful carnation varies from place to place. Flower friends need to know that the optimum temperature for carnation seed germination is 21 ℃-22 ℃, but this temperature is not absolute.

Sowing is not to see germination, but also follow-up conservation problems, colorful carnation cold but not resistant to heat, if it is spring and summer sowing is likely to be very difficult summer, because summer in many places are very muggy, so the relatively ideal sowing month is September-December, because now many flower friends are sowing on the balcony, and there are nursery boxes, so the temperature can be artificially created, so sprouting do not have to worry about the colorful carnation summer.

Although sowing in winter can create a germination temperature, the light in many flower friends' homes is not very abundant, which is likely to cause the seedlings to grow, so when sowing colorful carnation, you can consider the temperature, light and maintenance from three aspects.